What is smoker's cough?

Answer by  BrendaG (6111)

This happens when cigarette smoke "paralyzes" cilia(hair-like projections) in the trachea. Coughing is the only way to dislodge the phlegm that builds up. This condition can worsen with time.

Answer by  vietnamgirls (1177)

Many smokers wake up in the morning with phlegmy throats which require repeated coughing to clear. This indicates damaged cilia which are tiny fibers that clear irritants from the body.

Answer by  prichalica (14)

It is a cough that a person gets after a certain period of time due to smoking cigarettes. It is a deep cough caused by numerous toxic contents of cigarettes that are gradually collected in the lungs and eventually building enough mass to make a smoker start coughing. Dark discharge due to nicotine may eventually be the result of it.

Answer by  Mj23 (65)

Your body produces mucous to try to clear the smoking irritants out of the lungs. It builds up especially overnight, causing coughing fits and spitting up to remove it.

Answer by  John (9008)

A smoker's cough is a chronic cough that is caused by severe lung problems, such as emphasema. Smokers are especially prone to lung issues due to the dangers inherent in smoking, so they are very prone to have these sorts of thick, productive coughs. Thus, they are known as "smoker's coughs. "

Answer by  Thejones (227)

It's when every morning you wake up and cough, but once you have a cigarrette it eases up. Phlegm is often coughed up as well.

Answer by  Crystalb (163)

Smoker's cough is a unique cough that people who smoke aquire. It is usually worst in the mornings, because sleeping has caused all the mucous to build up.

Answer by  LohnJaw (122)

Smoker's cough is caused by irritants in the bronchial system (i. e. in the lungs and breathing tracts), and those irritants accumulate in the lungs of people who smoke. There is an abundance of phlegm in the breathing system of smokers which the body tries to get removed by coughing excessively.